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Thats where a couple of the planes that are carrying americans who are fleeing egypt are about to land. we are told that the consulate has set up a desk with eight employees to help those who are arriving in athens to reach their final destination. we know by state department estimates there are about 50,000 americans who live, work or are visiting cairo in egypt at any given time. several thousand of them have been calling and asking for assistance to get out of the country. well keep you poste...

Streets with little to no police force, people are forced to protect their homes and belongings however they can. firsthand account live from cairo is next. its true. you never forget your first subaru. what was i thinking? but i was still skating on thin ice with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise werent enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. ive been eating healthier, exercising more and now im also taking lipitor. if youv...

Denounced the brotherhood as an organization that does not support jihad. moreover, there is no one leader of the brotherhood that will emerge from here to inspire the masses in cairo. ironically it is mohamed elbaradei rather than ayatollah khomeini type that is emerging here. it is not an issue over which personality emerges, but what is the political party establishment that could take control of parliament in a presidential election. >> so i guess my next question is what does israel do, can...

Internet service is still down in cairo, but across the globe, the web is fueling the discussion on whats going on in the city streets. richard lui has been looking into that story for us. >> again, chris, this is the big point were all talking about when we see whats happening in egypt. social media is basically the bullhorn or town cryers bell for the poor in egypt. with text messages, theyve been able to organize protests for thousands over last week. and facebook walls have basically been th...

Some of the images from street protests in egypt. right now it is 6:30 in cairo. darkness has descended on the city. the state-imposed curfew continues, but tens of thousands remain on the streets. and that curfew is making it harder for americans to get out of the area. the u.s. state department has scheduled seven flights for today to take americans to safe havens in europe. we dont have confirmation at this point of exactly how many have taken off, although were told a couple of them are begi...

At the university of new mexico, one student said she is sorry she could not be home in cairo to witness the transition. in ten minutes from now, we are looking at a shadowy group that could chart the future of egypt. the muslim brotherhood is the biggest political establishment in egypt despite being banned by the government. we are going to take a closer look through the eyes of a former u.s. diplomat. now this week could be a tough one for much of the midwest and the east. a major blizzar...

To make its way toward the northeast as well and probably one of the most crippling aspects of this storm is going to be the ice. one area to watch. one inch of ice accumulation and more across missouri, on into illinois, indiana and into ohio. this is where we could see widespread power outages, trees coming down, power lines coming down. and look at this area where we can anticipate at least a foot of snow and more all the way from the plains into the northeast, over 2100-mile swath of heavy s...

Burnett who is live from cairo. and erin, tell us what you can about what youve experienced there and one of the topics that weve been talking about that i know youve been looking into which is the muslim brotherhood. >> reporter: yes. we do have this just in to nbc news, the muslim brotherhood, which i know so many anticipated what their response would be to the latest efforts by the mubarak regime, they said that they reject the new government and call for the egyptian people to continue demon...

I know youre in favor of supporting dplokcy. although it would be messy, et cetera. why do you think this is the time to spring forward and say, were going to take that risk of letting mubarak go and go with the protests here in the streets in. >> i mean, on one hand, its not really our risks were taking. the people of egypt are demanding this very clearly, in an overwhelming way. i think its so clear right now the country of egypt cannot move forward until hosni mubarak steps down. the people a...

Shortage of food and gas. our correspondents tell us there are long lines outside bakeries and many gas stations are closed. egypt is proving to be a delicate banning act for the pentagon. look at the tar gas lobbed at protesters this past week. a lot of the egyptian military equipment this was made in the u.s., everything from teargas to tanks, cairo gets $1.3 billion in military aid from us anl yul annually. second only to what we give to israel. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. bar...